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Board: Etruria
Topic: The Sea People 
Topic Editor: Nesnut Hatshepsut
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Message: Etruscan Piracy
Author: - Camitlnas Tullius 
Date: Mar 14, 2000 23:52
      Was there ever evidence that the Etruscans had a formal navy?  I don't 
      think they did, since I doubt if the Etruscan league would have cooperated 
      to that extent. So their early  dominance of the Tyrrhenian sea must have 
      been the work of these "pirates". I think they would have had a defensive 
      role as well as the usual looting and plundering of the vessels of other 
      nations.  

      I think the various Greek powers and the Phoenicians  would have been no 
      different in that manner. 

      The original Pelasgians or sea people were probably the original pirates 
      in the med, probably dating back to Minoan times. The name "pelasgian" is 
      thought to be quite a general term used by greek writers to describe 
      just about any ancient seafaring people. 

      - Camitlnas 









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